Window attachment.



W. FAULHABER.

WINDOW ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1914.

Patented Deo. 14, 1915.

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WILLIAM FAULHABER, OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.

WINDOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1d, 1915.

riginal application filed March 25, 1914, Serial No. 827,062. Dividedand this application iled September To aZZ fr0/omit may concern Be itknown that I, VILLIAM FAULHABER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Kenosha, county of Kenosha, and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WindowAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window attachments, and has forits object the provision of improved means for operating sashes of suchwindows and locking the same in closed position, the present applicantion being a division of my prior application filed liarch 25, 1911i,Serial No. 827,052.

rihe invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingrdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window attachment embodying myinvention, and shown in one position of use, and Fig. 2, a verticalsection through the window showing the parts in another position of use.

rlhe preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingcomprises an ordinary window frame 3 having ordinary upper and lowersashes 4 and 5 respectively slidably mounted therein in the usualmanner.

A lever 6 is pivoted at 7 to the inner portion of frame 3 at one sidethereof and a link S pivoted at 9 to said lever and at 10 to the upperportion of the upper sash li. Lever 6 also carries a depending),a link11 pivoted thereto between points 7 and 9 and having; its lower end 12angularly turned so as to adapt the same for engagement with a set-iesof perforations 13 arranged in a vertical line in a plate 1i projecting'from the upper face of the lower sash Lever 6 is provided with an offset15 to prevent pinchinf; of the fingers when manipulating' the lever bvgrasping handle portion 16. By this arrangement when link 11 is engagedwith the uppermost perforation in plate 14, the sashes will bepositively locked against openiner from the outside. lVhen link 11 isengaged with one of the lower perforations in plate 14. sashes 4 and 5will be caused to move simultaneouslv with each other upon Serial No.859,756.

manipulation of such lever thus facilitating the arrangement of thesashes for ventilating` purposes. i

While l have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing` from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A window attachment comprising` a frame and upper and lower sashesslidable therein; a lever pivoted to said frame; a link connected withsaid lever and one of said sashes; and a link connected with said leverintermediate said first link connection and the lever pivot and theother of said sashes, substantially as described.

2. A window attachment comprising a frame and upper and lower sashesslidable therein; a lever pivoted to the inner portion of said frame; alink connecting said lever and said upper sash; a plate secured to theupper portion of the lower sash and provided with perforations thereinarranged in a vertical line; and a link connected with said lever andprovided at its free end with an angularly turned end adapted to engagesaid perforations, substantially as described.

3. A window attachment comprising, a frame and upper and lower sasliesslidable therein; a lever pivoted to said frame; a link permanentlyconnected with said lever and one of said sashes; and a link permanentlyconnected with said lever intermediate said first link connection andthe lever pivot and detachably connected with the other of said sashes,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed mv name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CATHERINE M. SCi-IARTEK, Citas. H. PFENNIG.

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